IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 30.10.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN

W.P.No.20243, 21288, 21290, 21298, 21303, 21306, 21308,

21309 and 21313 of 2025

and

WMP Nos.22829, 24027, 24029, 24032, 24040, 24041, 24046, 24047 and 24051

of 2025

W.P.No.20243 of 2025

M.Thandavamoorthy : Petitioner

Vs.

1.The Chairman Cum Managing Director,

Tamil Nadu Electricity Generation and

Distribution Corporation Ltd.,

No.144, Anna Salai,

Chennai-600 002.

2.The Chief Engineer (P),

Tamil Nadu Electricity Generation and Distribution

Corporation Ltd.,

No.144, Anna Salai,

Chennai-600 002.

3.The Chief Engineer,

Executive Engineer/Building Maintenance

North Chennai Thermal Power Station,

Vallur Post, Ponneri Taluk,

Chennai-600 120.

4.The District Collector, Thiruvallur District, Office of the Collectorate, Thiruthani Main Road, Thiruvallur District-602001. : Respondents PRAYER W.P.No.20243 of 2025: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records on the file of the second respondent in Proceeding Letter No.022944/109/G.27/G.271/2025, dated 05.04.2025 signed on 08.04.2025 and quash the same as illegal void and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 to accord employment assistance to the petitioner in accordance with B.P.Per (FB)

No.3 dated 25.01.1990.

For Petitioner : Mr.Venkatesh S in all WPs For Respondents : Mr.Anand Gopalan for M/s.Agam Legal Advocates for R1 to R3 in all WPs Mr.Yogesh Kannadasan Special Government Pleader for R4 in all WPs

COMMON ORDER

These writ petition have been filed challenging the order dated 05.04.2025 passed by the second respondent thereby rejected the requests made by the petitioners seeking employment on the ground that lands belonging to their families have been acquired for a project.

2. The petitioners are the legal heirs of the original land owners. Their family owned respective agricultural lands situated at Mouthampedu, Chepakkam Village, Ponneri Taluk, Thiruvallur District. Those lands were acquired for North Chennai Thermal Power Project. In the year 1987, the Government of Tamil Nadu came up with the proposal for acquiring of land for the purpose of constructing housing quarters and laying roads for the employees of North Chennai Thermal Power Project. Though the acquisition proceedings were challenged by the respective land owners, they failed to succeed and they were paid compensation. Apart from the compensation, the land owners were issued that one male member of each family from whom the lands were acquired will be given employment in the North Chennai Thermal Power Project. As per the Board proceedings bearing Ref.No.B.P. Permanent (FB) No.3 (Administrative Branch) dated 25.01.1990 on the file of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, assessed that no one in the family of the respective land owners is in any Government Job. Even before these writ petitions, the petitioners’ family members already approached this Court in W.P.Nos.6664 and 6665 of 2006 for direction to comply the board proceedings dated 25.01.1990. This Court, by an order dated 07.02.2012 directed to consider the representation submitted by the petitioners’ family members in the light of the proceedings dated 25.01.1990 and in the light of the various orders passed by this Court and pass orders on merits and in accordance with law within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of that order. Even then the respondents failed to consider the case of the petitioners and did not provide job to them. Once again the petitioners filed writ petition for the very same relief and this Court directed to submit fresh representation and directed to consider the same in accordance with law. The representations submitted by the petitioners were rejected on various grounds.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that as per the Board proceedings bearing Ref.No.B.P. Permanent (FB) No.3 (Administrative Branch) dated 25.01.1990, the resp